The Home

Local title
Kodu
Original title
Hemmet
Director
Mattias J. Skoglund
Country
Sweden, Estonia, Iceland
Year
2025
Festival
HÕFF 2025
Programme
HÕFF’s Estonian Genre Film Competition
Genre
supernatural, horror, thriller
Subject
elderly people, addictions, people with special needs, childhood

Nothing haunts you like the past.

Many years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika, a home for the elderly struggling with dementia.
However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival. She experiences terrifying visions of her late husband, Joel’s abusive father, and begins exhibiting violent behavior. Joel begins to believe that something malevolent and supernatural has taken control of his mother. But with his own history of substance abuse and mental instability, can he trust his own perceptions?

As Monika’s memories fade, Joel must confront the demons of his own past, dredged up by his return to the home where he grew up. Joel’s childhood friend Nina, who he hasn’t seen since their high school breakup, now works at the home and becomes embroiled in Joel’s search for answers. As the lines between reality and fantasy blur, both Joel and Nina find themselves questioning what is real and what is not. Is Joel trying to save his mother - or himself?

Director
Mattias J. Skoglund
Screenwriter
Mattias J. Skoglund, Mats Strandberg
Cast
Philip Oros, Anki Lidén, Gizem Erdogan
Producer
Siri Hjorton Wagner
Co-producer
Elina Litvinova, Heather Millard
Cinematographer
Malin LQ
Production Design
Vera Theander
Editing
Linda Jildmalm
Composer
Tóti Guðnason
Music
Toti Guðnason
Sound
Matis Rei
Production
Sic Film, Compass Films, Three Brothers
World sales
Level K
Runtime
Language
Swedish
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Other festivals
South by Southwest
Director
Mattias J. Skoglund
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